Building Great Communities

Great communities are built over time with collaborative contributions and collective stewardship. These occur in small and big ways, from private property owners caring for their grounds and businesses, to public agencies providing quality public amenities, programming, and spaces for the community.

It takes everyone working together. Sometimes, it also takes a little bit of creativity to find better solutions.

Here are some potential examples to get the ideas going!

Yield Roadway in Small Towns & Rural Communities

Pocket Neighborhoods by Ross Chapin

Parking in Plain Sight

Missing Middle Housing by Opticos

Are Parking Lots Ruining Your City?

Conservation Communities/ “Twice Green” by Randall Arendt

Small Scale Development by Incremental Development Alliance

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

Agrarian Spirit: Cultivating Faith, Community, and the Land (2024).

Author: Norman Wirzba

The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture (1977).

Author: Wendell Berry.

Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity (2019).

Author: Charles L. Marohn Jr.

The Embrace of Buildings (2017).

Author: Lee Hardy